Nix vs Jets, 18 Dec - 7:00pm

Nix vs Jets, 18 Dec - 7:00pm

Apparently it's free entry.

Durante is out of this one. Musa in? Tim Brown to captain. Ricki back on the sideline.

No Dura. No Lia. No Paston.

No Surrender.

C'mon Phoenix, let's end the year on a high note. Do it for Pasty.
Robb2010-12-12 02:32:22

Ditch the five in midfield. Doesn't work.

      Muscat
Rojas          Daniel
      Ward
Greenacre IfillMichael2010-12-12 02:48:35

An injured ward would work a treat

surely not free entry?
Hmm this is gonna be a very interesting challenge.

I would go with:

                   Vukovich
Hearfield Siggy North Muscat
               Lia          Brown
Bertos                                Daniel
            Greenacre Ifill

Crowther, Musa, Rojas, Mac

I know taking muscat out of midfield is dangerous, but I think if Musa came in, itd really make our backline shaky, especially with no Durante there for leadership.

I guess Browny for captain. Unless greeny or ifill wanted to take it? Don't think North would? Maybe siggy even?

.

LOL, it just gets better 

Grrr... Nick Ward. I was just beginning to not appreciate him as a player and he goes and gets injured...

ach

Free entry???? thats amazing!!!

With injuries and suspensions (and form?) to consider, there aren't too many options.

Start Rojas.

There are two positional changes that, I think, were key to our revival; Manny playing DM in front of the back four and Ifill playing front man.

A very generous offer indeed.

So we would rather have muscat at DM and have Musa at LB? I'm not sure its the best idea with Dura out.

And Ifill as the front man with greenacre should still be ok. I still think Greeny in behind someone like Ifill might be more effective. Alost a CAM/CF

Would like to see Musa start again.

                          vukovic

Don't know why people are so keen on Musa. I don't think we are that desperate. He was pretty poor against the Victory, overall, despite playing better in the second half. Too much of a risk for what is going to be the most important game of the season.

I'm certain the commentators said otherwise after it was awarded. That being said, I'd sooner expect the commentators or my hearing to be wrong than you, so I'll take your word for it

I think it is because he is 'anyone else'. Same reason a lot of people wanted Diego when our midfield wasn't functioning, or Mulligan.

                        Vukovic
Hearfield    Sigmund    North     Musa
                     Muscat
           Lia                 Brown
Ifill                                      Bertos
                   MacAllister

Subs: Greenacre, Rojas, Crowther, Daniel.

When we won against the heart it was a 442. Lets repeat that.. please.

And when we won against Adelaide (a better team) we were in a 4-3-3..so...logic fail.

imo the problem is still that we rely too much on Ifill and we only really have 3 players who are confident attackers + Brown who sits too deepvaleo2010-12-12 17:11:00

Lia's only had 3 yellows?

#shocked.

The term "must win game" gets chucked around a heap on these forums, but I think this game deserves the tag for sure. Win and we go along way to feeling comfortable in the top 6, lose and I don't even want to think about it.

Durante is a huge loss, against his old club I would have thought he'd be amping for this, especially playing next to North. Culina diving for the yellow makes it even worse. Anyway, Ricki might have to dip into the Musa file again, he doesn't really have a choice, Muscat is too important at DM.

                          Vuko
Hearfield      Siggy      North    Musa
                      Muscat
             Brown            Lia
       Ifill        Greenacre    Daniel

Bench: Rojas, BigMac, Bertos

I don't like it, but Ricki doesn't really have a choice. I'd have Mac in for Daniel which I think could work quite well. But there ya go, the back 4 could also have Musa in his preferred CB role and Siggy on the right (where he's been playing well) and Hearfield at LB.

Whitby boy2010-12-12 19:08:01

seems not long ago Ricki had too many choices, now not so many. If only Elliott's contract ended next Sunday. We could have used his experience.

Why are we wanting to start Bertos - he has done nothing. Give Rojas a start, he is definately not going to do worse than Bertos or Daniel!

Start Crowther? Our #1 keeper for 11/12..

                          Vuko
Hearfield      Siggy      North    Musa
                      Muscat
             Brown            Daniel
                        Ifill
       Greenacre    Big Mac

Bench: Rojas, Lia, Bertos

* Ifill as an attacking midfileder, more to give him freedom to move about, and work with the attacking pair.

* Greenie working off Big Mac (or Pav even), well, i just believe we looked like we had more attacking intent with those two working up front. Also works well when we revert to our "were not at all a long ball playing team but lets play the long ball over and over again" strategy.

I thought the free entry was for GCU vs CCM next week only... not every match.

Nah gold coast did it last week and only got 1500 people.

Phoenix are doing it this week.

I can understand why some would find this confusing,but yes GCU only got that few To a free entry game,piss poor. We're going to annihilate that figure.

Their free entry game is the 19th.